Generated Profiles (only Android)

Configuration and use of variables in generated profiles of Android devices

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Procedure Generate profiles and delete generated profiles updated

Dialog window with progress bar during profile generation

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Introduction

The variables created by the user can be used in the Android profiles. This creates generated profiles.

Variables created by the user

The values are taken from the user settings of the user to whom the respective device is assigned

Variable name in profiles	Description	Example
$username$ alternative names: %device_user% %device_user_username%	Username	jdoe
$emailaddress$ alternative name: %device_email%	Email address	jdoe@ttt-point.de
$firstname$ alternative name: %device_user_firstname%	First name	John
$lastname$ alternative name: %device_user_lastname%	Last name	Doe
$name$ alternative name: %device_user_name%	First name and surname	John Doe
$variable1$ alternative name: %variable1%	custom value	jdoe/ttt-point.local
$variable2$ alternative name: %variable2%	custom value
$variable3$ alternative name: %variable3%	custom value
$device_name$ alternative name: %device_name%	Only for iOS: The name assigned on the phone (see: Settings → General → Info → Name) This variable can also be used in iOS profiles in the Shared device section	Cell phone from Markus Müller
$device_alias$ alternative name: %device_alias%	Only for iOS: The alias assigned in the portal. If the alias is not assigned, the device_name is displayed. This variable can also be used in iOS profiles in the Shared device section	Tablet Storage1
Defining the values in the user administration in the portal under: General Users or for the device alias in the device tile. To avoid input errors, different variable names are possible for compatibility reasons. A distinction between Android and iOS is no longer necessary.

Use variables in the profiles

Apply variables - Create generated profiles
Under Mobile Security Android Profiles , select the desired profile or create a new one. Further details on Android profiles can be found in the following Wiki article. The following steps are then required in this profile: In the Applications tab, use the Add application button to add the desired app to the profile If the desired app has already been added, open its dialogue Click on the { Manage configuration template button in this dialogue. Enter the variable in the dialogue window Example: Enter $emailaddress$ for the email variable In the same profile tab, select the option Replace placeholder variables and then select the users who should receive this function in the User option that appears Click on the Save button	Example of a configuration management of the Gmail app with the entered variable $variable2$, which contains the e-mail address

Generated profiles
After configuration, a new profile is generated in Mobile Security Android Profiles . This new profile has the label Generated. This is the generated profile Such a profile is generated for each selected user. The assigned Android devices load these generated profiles The generated profiles cannot be edited. This is only possible via the profile with the label template. Revising the template profile also revises the respective generated profiles For a better overview, the generated profiles can be hidden using the Hide generated profiles button

Delete generated profiles
The following steps are necessary to delete a generated profile: In the template profile on the Applications tab, remove the selected users from Users and Replace placeholder variables deactivate The Generated profile becomes a copy of the template profile. The Generated and template labels disappear Remove the assigned devices from the profile copy and reassign them The profile copy can then be deleted
Alternatively, the Vorlage profile can also be deleted. Via → delete in the Vorlage select profile tile A message window opens in which the process must be confirmed again using the Confirm button A corresponding message window also appears if it is deleted via Action for selected objects The corresponding Generierte profiles are converted to normal profiles profile name: ‘'Template name - user name’' and lose the Generierte label

Introduction

Variables created by the user

Use variables in the profiles

Apply variables - Create generated profiles

Generated profiles

Delete generated profiles